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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *flehtaną</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_flehtaną</idno>
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      <list type="cognates">
        <item xml:id="cog_chu_plesti" xml:lang="chu" type="cognate">
          <orth>плести</orth>
          <form type="translit">
            <orth>plesti</orth>
          </form>
          <def>to plait</def>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_grc_pleko" xml:lang="grc" type="cognate">
          <orth>πλέκω</orth>
          <form type="translit">
            <orth>plékō</orth>
          </form>
          <def>to plait, twine, twist, weave, braid</def>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_lat_plecto_x2" xml:lang="lat" type="cognate">
          <orth>plectō</orth>
          <def>to plait, weave, braid; to twist, bend, turn</def>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_san_prasna" xml:lang="san" type="cognate">
          <orth>प्र॒श्न</orth>
          <form type="translit">
            <orth>praśná</orth>
          </form>
          <def>basket-work, a plaited basket</def>
        </item>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_flehtana" type="verb" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flehtaną">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>flehtaną</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈɸlex.tɑ.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᚠᛚᛖᚺᛏᚨᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>verb</pos>
            <gram type="class">Strong class 3</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>to plait, to weave</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From pre-Germanic <mentioned xml:lang="gmw-x-proto">*pléḱ-t-e/o-</mentioned>, from Proto-Indo-European root *pleḱt-, an extension of root *pleḱ- (‘to fold, plait, weave’). Cognates are Ancient Greek <mentioned xml:lang="grc" target="#cog_grc_pleko"><ref target="#cog_grc_pleko">πλέκω</ref></mentioned> (plékō, ‘to plait, twine, twist, weave, braid’), Old Church Slavonic <mentioned xml:lang="chu" target="#cog_chu_plesti"><ref target="#cog_chu_plesti">плести</ref></mentioned> (plesti, ‘to plait’), Latin <mentioned xml:lang="lat" target="#cog_lat_plecto_x2"><ref target="#cog_lat_plecto_x2">plectō</ref></mentioned> (‘to plait, weave, braid; to twist, bend, turn’), and Sanskrit <mentioned xml:lang="san" target="#cog_san_prasna"><ref target="#cog_san_prasna">प्र॒श्न</ref></mentioned> (praśná, ‘basket-work, a plaited basket’). Related to *flahsą (‘flax’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>flehtō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>flehtaų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #sg">
              <orth>flehtai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>flihtizi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>flehtaiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>fleht</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>flehtazai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>flehtaizau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>flihtidi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>flehtai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>flehtadau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>flehtadai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>flehtaidau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>flehtōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>flehtaiw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>flehtadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>flehtaidiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>flehtadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>flehtamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>flehtaim</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>flehtandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>flehtaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>flihtid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>flehtaid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>flihtid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>flehtandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>flehtaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>flehtandi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>flehtain</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>flehtandau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>flehtandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>flehtaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #sg">
              <orth>flaht</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #sg">
              <orth>fluhtį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #sg">
              <orth>flahst</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #sg">
              <orth>fluhtīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #sg">
              <orth>flaht</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #sg">
              <orth>fluhtī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #du">
              <orth>fluhtū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #du">
              <orth>fluhtīw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #du">
              <orth>fluhtudiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #du">
              <orth>fluhtīdiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #pl">
              <orth>fluhtum</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #pl">
              <orth>fluhtīm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #pl">
              <orth>fluhtud</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #pl">
              <orth>fluhtīd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #pl">
              <orth>fluhtun</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #pl">
              <orth>fluhtīn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="present">
              <orth>flehtandz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="past">
              <orth>fluhtanaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="infinitive">
              <orth>flehtaną</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*flehtan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*flehtan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>vlechten</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>vlechten</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Limburgish</lang>
                        <orth>vlèchte</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*flehtan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>fleohtan</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*flehtan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>flehtan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>vlehten</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>flechten</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Luxembourgish</lang>
                        <orth>flechten</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*flehtan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>flehtan</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>flétta</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle English</lang>
                    <orth>*fletten</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>fletting</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>flétta</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>flætta</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>flétta</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian</lang>
                    <orth>flette</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>flétta</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>*flæthæ</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>flette</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>flétta</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>flǣtta, flǣta</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>fläta</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
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